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Show SHUBERTS HILL OPEN OGDENJHiEATER Tomorrow Night With the "Lottery Man" Ttiila Johnson Young's captivating comedy, "The Lottery Man,'' which has just finished a long engagement nt the Bijou theater. New York, will bo the opening offering at tho Ogden theater tomorrow (Wednesday) i:igut, when the Messrs. Shubert will bilng their latest success to this city for the flrr-t time. The players in-cl.idc in-cl.idc William Rosell, Vhlan Ogden, May Donahue, Florence Robertson. George Roberts, Lucia Moore and clhers. The story is that of a New York newspaper reporter, .luck Wright, j v.bo borrows a sum of money from I livs employer, Foxy Peyton, agreeing In tho event he fails to return tho :oan to supply the paper with tho f-reatest news item it has ever had. Of course the reporter loses tho money and juoeeeds to make his promise good. This he does by Inaugurating Inau-gurating a lottery, which the paper conducts, with himself as the capital prir.e. The coupons aro sold for a dollar apiece and their tale is particularly par-ticularly large among maiden ladies with a disposition to ' take on" a husband. hus-band. Wright Is unencumbered and free, save for a devoted mother No uooner floes he start the lottery, however, how-ever, than he fa 11a in love with Hel-ene Hel-ene Heyor, and from then on there is a merry war to come into posses- I sion of as many of the coupons as money can buy Wright, of course, wonts Miss Heyer. although he real-tecs real-tecs that the odds are against him It develops that Lizzie, an old maid in the household of the Peytons, steals the winning coupon from the cook. Being of a lovable disposition, he "flashes'" the number and claims Mr W'right. Miss Heyer, however, discovers that Lizzie has stolen the coupon She Is threatened with ar-iest, ar-iest, and to save herself, gives up the ticket. Mrs. Young, the authoress, has Introduced In-troduced much by play and many situations sit-uations which are milj caricatures of everyday conditions. Very cleverly and convincingly she shows the futility fu-tility of battling against the onslaught of old age and the good that can be derived from a happy disposition. The "'Lottery Man" was voted one of the v-rtnulao successes of the past sea- frOb. Seats are now selling at the box office. of-fice. 1-1 |